Improvement in aiimal teaps



m Q it" @with @titties i@ stent @time s e e JOSEPH ilDDLE'lON, F llOCHlTS'llllli, NEW YORK, ASSlGNOR T() HlMSE-lf AND JOHN SNGW, 0F Stilllll PLAGE.

Leiters .Pute/,it No. 69,02%, dated' September 24, 185i.

IMPROVEMENT lill ANIMAL TRPS.

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Y I. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HADDLETON, of Roe-nestor, in the county ot" Monroe and Stute ot" New York, have invented a new und useful inproveinent in Anitnul Trapsg" und I de herehj,Y decla-re that the following is u full, clear, und. exact description thereof7 reference hoing had te the accompanying drawings7 making part of this specification, in which- Figure l. is u side elevation of a portion of en ordinzirj,Y anima-i trap, with my invention attached.

Figure 2 is :L top View of the suine.

-Lilie letters indicate corresponding ports.

This invention relates to that class of animal traps which hure a full door or gate, and its nature eensists in substituting for the ordinary spiral springs used for closing and holding the doei-'closed e drop-latch or bail, which securely locks the door shut the instant the trap is sprung.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will describe its Construction and operation.

I oonstruct the trup in any desired style or sine. l'he door D l irovide with u suitable stop or stone', s. and it is hinged to the frzime et' the trap :tt a) :is shown in the drawings. I provide fr loekingdutch or heil, b,

- which is hinged loosely to the end of the frnme at c. When the trop is sot the door D is swung` up into the position shown by the dotted lines C, and the huil is raised to the position shown 'ny the dotted lines '.lhe door must be made und hung so as to stand ohliqnely, es shown is: fig. l, when the outer end strikes the bottoni l of the trop, whereby the locking-latch ZJ is 'permitted to drop to the position shown by the full lines in fig. l, which is n, little past a right angle with the i'uee of the door, where it is caught und lield by the rests or stops s. A The door and the bail or latch both assume this position instnntnneously when the anininl springs the trop, which is done by drawing the eye .f/ from the end ot' the door-bur z, :ts in other traps of this class. It will he seen that by this substitution and urmngeniont ofthe door D and theloeking-lateh Z) the long, henry, spil-:rl springs heretofore used on this class of trops for holdinr the door shut are entirely dispensed with, and the door is thoroughly locked, whereas in the former ense the :tnimul might :ind often loes overcome the spring :1nd release itself' from the trap, which is impossible with the `gravity door und locking-latchherein shown. This construetion also effects :t saving in the mann-facture of :in orllinurj-sized trop of about tcn or twelve cents.

What I claim is` The hinged strop or bail b, in combination with the door D ot' animal tra-ps, for the purpose of untoinntielly loekinf:r the saule when closed, in the manner herein shown and described'.

JOSEPH HADDLETON.

Wim asses:

WM. S. Loeennonouen, LYMAN M. NEWTON. 

